lautanen.
plate (slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten)
Meaning & usage
plate (slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten)
cymbal (concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck)
ripustettu lautanen
croup (top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped)
ellipsis of syöttölautanen (“pitching plate”)
Where this word comes from
lauta (“(wooden) board”) + -nen (diminutive). First attested in Ericus Schroderus: Lexicon Latino-Scondicum ("Latin-Scandinavian Dictionary", 1637) as lautainen. * (plate): Originally in reference to wooden plates. Compare also Karelian laudane, which can mean “wooden disc” in some dialects. * (cymbal): By extension from “plate”.
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